Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6e640a41cd2f052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 05:33:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f0d83e0a4619f22a576ab1d7a56ee102 SHA-1: 6585249454a0c91ea62d9459bebeac37af51f63c SHA-256: a6e640a41cd2f05206f9602152e5d5e9c2c8ab5938387c7318ccb78299d435e6
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for distributing malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and heuristics indicate malformed streams and a link farm strategy. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+background+in+photoshop+express+android PDF link annotation
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/20163497850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalacehotel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/10821914428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/tezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berodolilokitabemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rulitelobexunakazeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezoromojimakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audyt.rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/vuxoduzusufunomade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdca54086b---nufazafederalubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144e39930350---fuxevut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-rul.ro/printuri-fi/files/84147436697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/rurudejogukamekekugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614475dbd020b---mibagofewefeluninumovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67958667603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/83133579135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/90625511855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-w.cn/isee/pfm/cms/uploadfile/fck/file/8717598836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19715821691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c6cab538b---pugazuzaxigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingspa.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/62599858442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelniagararimini.eu/userfiles/files/63879570340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karaari.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/lekuzatukupuwafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff16a84aca---41939816880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdrjioo.friend-match.com/upload/files/nulukaribaxaxamuzusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbcnepal.com/images/file/99791922758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/31714764810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongthuyphatloc.com/luutru/files/61164712520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/95672341538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C9 17184 bytes
SHA-256: b562f1aa9a1065a6959b49a5148bcf7750a87e83fe56c18b548906f5d0264317
font_01_sfnt_off00011340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11340 11256 bytes
SHA-256: d3cc823b5a80e384fe7cd9341b8157abbfbd979fc38dfd8698efc07cf18c64f4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1